Reply to Eastern MS Magnet Program: Need Info

Forum Index » Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS)

Reply to "Eastern MS Magnet Program: Need Info"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Child was placed into the Eastern MS Magnet program. Home MS is North Bethesda.
Appreciate the humanities focus and reading/writing strengths, which are lacking at most MCPS MS, including NB, due to the lack of rigor in the MCPS English curriculum.
What is the advantage, if any, of attending Eastern? Long bus ride, 1 elective only, arts are not strong (music, etc) and have heard there is 90min/day of homework? Thanks in advance.[/quote]

The advantage of Eastern is the extremely high expectations in terms of writing, the history/social studies instruction, and documentary film-making support. Kids who do the Eastern program are more than prepared for high school, not just for the Humanities, but also in terms of time management that carries over to any of the criteria-based high school programs.

The down side is how specialized the program is. If your kid really loves writing, and reading, and talking about what they read, then it's an amazing way to spend middle school. But if their interests lie elsewhere, I think it can be kind of a grind.

[/quote]

Thanks - this is very helpful. Kid is an all-rounder, and the downside that you wrote about is probably a deal-breaker. [/quote]

Eh, maybe. 8th grade parent here. I have to say my kid is a STEM interested kid and got in to Eastern. We debated sending him because it felt like a bad fit. He said he wanted to try it. He has loved it, and his writing has gotten SO much better. And critical thinking. I have to say I'm so glad we sent him. At no other time in his school training would he likely get such a good education in writing. I thought he'd think it's a grind, but he doesn't at all. The homework isn't bad. Highly recommend the program.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics